About

Velo Club Revolution is a lively, friendly, Colchester cycling club active in north Essex and south Suffolk.

Originally formed in 2007, VC Revolution has members involved in all fields of the sport. As well as the regular social club runs that take place on mainly on Saturdays, club members are also active in sportives, time trials, road and track races, on-road and off-road challenge rides and a wide range of social activities.

Whilst there will never be a requirement or pressure for members to compete, racing is encouraged and the club has a number of competitive riders with many years of racing experience, all of whom are always willing to offer help and advice on racing and training. This experience has been gained in the four main areas of cycling of which VCR are interested; Road Racing, Track racing (indoor, outdoor and grass track), Time Trialling and Cyclo Cross.

Members are encouraged to get involved in the running of the club and the promotion of events. Put simply, decisions are made for the good of the club, democratically by the club members. We welcome members of any age and ability new to cycle sport to join us and develop as a cyclist.

Our website provides news and resources for existing members, information for people interested in riding our events, and is a window on the club for anyone thinking of joining. We also have a presence on both Facebook (search for VC Revolution) and Twitter (@vc_revolution) which are regularly updated with our activities. If you can’t find what you’re looking for by browsing through the menus above just drop us a line.

The Management Team

At the 2016 AGM the following appointments to the management team were made by the club’s membership:

Chairman: Alan Groves

Secretary/Treasurer: Alan Lawrence

Road Secretary: Andrew Elderfield

Track Secretary: Brett Travers

Press Officer: Peter Shaw

Welfare Officer: Ian Fraser

Other Key Members:

Mark Bowley

Dave Hales

James Shippen

Chris Gooch

Our Sponsors

Thomas’s Cycle Revolution stocks one of the biggest ranges of bicycles and accessories in the whole of England, featuring the worlds biggest brands including Trek, Giant, Specialized, Cube, Cervelo and Whyte. Their friendly staff are always ready to help and you can tell riding is their passion too. VCR members also get selective discount in all stores and can expect to be welcomed into the shops with open arms. They have two outlets in Colchester, one in Ipswich and One in Chelmsford. Contact Thomas’s Cycle Revolution directly for all of your bike and servicing needs:

Softek Ltd is a leading provider of IT consultancy services and solutions. Businesses hire us to provide high-end web and IT solutions. Our highly skilled team of analysts, database architects, programmers, software architects and designers put their best skills forward and work together in order to deliver the highest quality, most reliable and scalabale applications possible. Contact Softek directly on +44 (0)870-820-0012 or have a look at their website for further details.

Collier Turf Care – Collier Turf Care is a privately owned company with over 40 years experience as a supplier to the amenity and sports turf customers. Originally covering just Norfolk and Suffolk and following a very successful management buyout in 1998 the business has gone from strength to strength. We now cover the whole of the South East, the South, East Anglia and the Midlands all supplied from our modern BASIS registered warehouse in Norfolk.

We now have 10 fully trained experienced Technical Sales Representatives supported by fully qualified Agronomists whose role it is to give our customers the very highest levels of technical support and guidance in the purchase and use of our huge range of quality products. We are main distributors for the industries leading manufacturers such as Barenbrug, Scott’s, Barclay Chemicals, Vitax Supaturf and Farmura. We are also able to supply our excellent own brand “Prestige” range of fertilizers, Wetting Agents and Surfactants.